Since service commenced in February 2009, 24,596 patients have been discharged by the Greater Manchester clinical assessment and treatment service.
The estimated per annum cost of treatment of each type undertaken by the Greater Manchester clinical assessment and treatment service (CATS) is shown in table 1 as follows.
£ Treatment type Year 11 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Clinical Triage 968,323 1,482,222 1,521,951 1,514,881 1,505,759 1,544,764 1,585,301 Direct Access Diagnostics2 15,433 0 0 0 0 0 0 Direct Access General Surgery2 549 0 0 0 0 0 0 Direct Access Gynaecology2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Direct Access Time Limited Therapy2 237,964 0 0 0 0 0 0 Direct Access Urology2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ear, Nose and Throat2 2,379,146 3,633,748 3,731,336 3,714,158 3,693,705 3,789,692 3,888,273 General Surgery 5,567,095 8,524,021 8,752,884 8,713,044 8,666,296 8,891,610 9,125,552 Gynaecology 3,249,429 4,963,103 5,096,377 5,072,916 5,045,033 5,176,203 5,310,547 Musculoskeletal 3,160,486 4,826,638 4,956,208 4,933,808 4,906,547 5,034,089 5,165,362 Time Limited Therapy 1,717,056 2,985,771 3,065,880 3,051,895 3,034,978 3,113,875 3,195,184 Urology 1,941,798 2,965,459 3,045,030 3,031,689 3,014,594 3,092,928 3,173,063 Total 19,237,280 29,380,961 30,169,666 30,032,392 29,866,912 30,643,162 31,443,282 1 Year 1 shows actual costs; subsequent years are nominal contract values. 2 Includes direct access activities performed as non-contracted activity.
The cost of treatment per patient for each treatment type is shown in table 2 as follows.
Treatment type Estimated cost1 (£) Clinical Triage 18.36 Direct Access Diagnostics 233.84 Direct Access General Surgery 549.36 Direct Access Gynaecology — Direct Access Time Limited Therapy 239.64 Direct Access Urology — Ear, Nose and Throat 233.89 General Surgery 339.84 Gynaecology 308.21 Musculoskeletal 336.01 Time Limited Therapy 259.77 Urology 343.82 1 The costs shown are per patient. A patient may have multiple procedures during their treatment pathway.